Originally Posted by
GeneChing
Indeed. One of the Buddhist vows I took was "A Disciple of Buddha is not possessive of the teaching". As a Songshan Shaolin practitioner, our forms are everywhere, so the issue you have is a non-issue for us. If SD started practicing our forms under some other name, we'd be amused but not that offended. Don't get me wrong though. I totally understand where you are coming from in terms of the credit. When someone plagiarizes my published work, I'm more annoyed than flattered. Fortunately, it's easier now than ever to reclaim credit for such theft just by citing the earlier publication. I'd only be really annoyed if they made more money on it than I did. But then, I suppose I could sue for it. Not that this is a very likely outcome nowadays. There's so little money in writing now.
Yeah, I *did* notice that. :p